corridor

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corridor

/ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/ UK
/-də/ UK
/ˈkɔɹɪdoː/ British, Southern, Standard
/-də/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈkoɹəˌdoɹ/ Canada, US
/ˈkoɹədɚ/ Canada, US
/ˈkɑɹəˌdɔɹ/ New York City
/ˈkɑɹədɚ/ New York City
/ˈkɔɹədoː/ Australia
/-də/ Australia
[ˈkɔ̟ɹədoː] New Zealand
[-də] New Zealand

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French corridor, from Italian corridore (“long passage”) (= corridoio), from correre (“to run”).

noun corridors

A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places. In addition, there are two up and two down korridorzug ^([sic]) [Korridorzüge] of the O.B.B. which run through from Innsbruck to Reutte via the Mittenwald line, but which are "sealed" between Scharnitz through Garmisch-Partenkirchen as far as Ehrwald, carrying passengers only from Austria to Austria
historical, rare The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.
Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.
The land near an important road, river, railway line. Main Street corridor

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: passageway, hallway, hall, lobby, gateway, alleyway, doorway, ramp, lane, walkway, thoroughfare, causeway, vault, crossing, route, plaza

Translations

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noun narrow hall or passage

Español	corredor, andador
한국어	복도 bokdo, 회랑 hoerang, 낭하 nangha
日本語	廊下 rōka, 回廊 kairō
中文	走廊 zǒuláng, 甬道 yǒngdào, 過道 /过道 guòdào, 廊道 lángdào
हिन्दी	गलियारा galiyārā
Kiswahili	ushoroba, korido
Português	corredor
Français	couloir, corridor
Deutsch	Korridor, Gang, Durchgang, Flur, Diele
Italiano	corridoio
Ελληνικά	διάδρομος diádromos
Română	culoar, coridor
Русский	коридо́р koridór
Tiếng Việt	hành lang
العربية	رِوَاق riwāq, دِهْلِيز dihlīz, رَدْهَة radha, مَمَرّ mamarr
עברית	מִסְדְּרוֹן misd'rón, פְּרוֹזְדוֹר prozdór

noun tract of land

Español	andador
日本語	回廊地帯 kairō chitai
हिन्दी	गलियारा galiyārā
Português	corredor
Français	corridor, couloir
Deutsch	Korridor, Trasse
Ελληνικά	διάδρομος diádromos
Română	coridor
Русский	коридо́р koridór
العربية	طَرِيق m ضِيق ṭarīq

noun airspace

Español	pasillo, corredor, andador
日本語	空中回廊 kūchū kairō
Português	corredor aéreo
Français	couloir aérien
Deutsch	Korridor
Italiano	corridoio aereo
Ελληνικά	αεροδιάδρομος aerodiádromos
Română	coridor aerian
Русский	коридо́р koridór
العربية	مَمَرّ جَوِّيّ mamarr, مُـخـتَرَق جَوِّيّ muḵtaraq

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@misc{corridor_2026,
  title = {corridor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/corridor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}